Building community capacity for tourism development /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2008.
• Subjects: Community development.; Tourism.; Education and Training.; Leisure, Recreation and Tourism Economics, (New March 2000); Policy and Planning.; Income and Poverty.; Communication and Mass Media.; Community Participation and Development, (New March 2000); Social Psychology and Social Anthropology, (New March 2000); Women.; Tourism and Travel.; Rural Sociology, (New March 2000); Rural Development, (New March 2000); Physiology of Human Nutrition.; Man.; Case studies.; Community involvement.; Cultural values.; Destinations.; Economic impact.; Ecotourism.; Enterprises.; Entrepreneurship.; Host guest relations.; Hunger.; Individualized instruction.; Knowledge.; Languages.; Leadership.; Marginalization.; Networking.; Partnerships.; Planning.; Regional development.; Rural communities.; Rural development.; Social impact.; Social participation.; Sociology of tourism.; Sustainability.; Sustainable tourism.; Tour operators.; Tourism impact.; Tourist industry.; Electronic books.
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This book seeks to improve an understanding of what happens when communities turn to, or are subjected to, tourism as a development strategy; use this knowledge to change the process of tourism planning and development in ways that will lead to improved outcomes for destination residents; address so...

Table of Contents:

• Community capacity building : an emerging challenge for tourism development / Gianna Moscardo
• Enhancing the economic benefits of tourism at the local level / Natalie Stoeckl
• Understanding how tourism can bring sociocultural benefits to destination communities / Philip L. Pearce
• Linking a sense of place with a sense of care : overcoming sustainability challenges faced by remote island communities / Kaye Walker
• Community-based tourism in Asia / Pimrawee Rocharungsat
• Examples of effective techniques for enhancing community understanding of tourism / Joy Sammy
• Tools to enhance community capacity to critically evaluate tourism activities / Kaye Walker
• Partnerships for tourism development / Amanda Stronza
• Enhancing participation of women in tourism / Haretsebe Manwa
• Entrepreneurship and the rural tourism industry : a primer / Nancy Gard McGehee and Carol S. Kline
• Perspectives on leadership coaching for regional tourism managers and entrepreneurs / Anna Blackman
• Capacity building through cooperation / Richard Monypenny
• Building community capacity for tourism development : Conclusions.